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Streaming TV Discovery - Bob Schroeck - 02-28-2013
I'll bet some of you already know about this, but Helen pointed us to it last night: http://acornonline.com/acorntv.aspx]?]Acorn TV Online. For those who aren't familiar with them, Acorn imports and packages British TV shows for the American market. AcornTV is their streaming service, which offers a 30-day free trial, after which they cost US$2.99 a month or US$29.99 per year. Helen convinced us to try it out, since we could watch something on Peggy's laptop with its relatively large screen instead of our currently-malfunctioning TV. Did you know that there is a TV series of Dirk Gently by Douglas Adams? We watched its pilot episode last night on AcornTV.
The only drawback is that they rotate their streaming offerings on a monthly basis, so the available material is always changing. If you don't finish off an entire series before the end of the month, you may be stuck for a quite a while before it comes back up in the rotation.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- ECSNorway - 02-28-2013
Can anyone recommend other good streaming services? I'm already hooked to Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll, and would like to just do away with Time-Worster Cable entirely aside from the internet service (they're the only broadband provider in my area).
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- Ankhani - 03-01-2013
I know that SyFy and CBS both offer current shows online. You'll usually see two or three episodes up at a time, and usually a day after airing.
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